Our Assignments
IOD PARC works globally. We have staff based in the UK, Nepal, Australia and France. We partner with our broad and well-established network of partner agencies, associates and locally based consultants to provide comprehensive and context-specific service to our clients. Over the last 22 years, IOD PARC has worked on over 1000 assignments in more than 100 countries world-wide.
Example Assignments
Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Assessments
Client:MOPAN
Location: Global
Date:2015 - 2022
Through its Secretariat, MOPAN – a network of 18 of the largest official development assistance contributor states – contracted IOD PARC to support methodology development (MOPAN 3.0) and undertake the 2015/16, 2017/18 and 2019 MOPAN organisational assessments. Over this period, IOD PARC undertook 31 MOPAN assessments of UN and non-UN funds and International Financial Institutions (including development banks) and UN specialised agencies and programmes. Using...
Evaluation of the Division of Specialized Operational Support (DSOS)
Client:United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)
Location: Global
Date:2021 - 2022
IOD PARC was commissioned under our long-term arrangement for provision of evaluation services with UNDSS to conduct an independent evaluation to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of its Division of Specialized Operational Support in delivering on their global mandate to provide security and safety support to UN agencies and staff. Conducted over a three-month period (Oct to Dec 2021) the evaluation was highly participatory, engaging...
External evaluation of the prospective country evaluations (PCEs)
Client:Global Fund
Location: Cambodia the Democratic Republic of Congo Guatemala Mozambique Myanmar Senegal Sudan Uganda
Date:2021 - 2023
In 2016, the Global Fund Board endorsed the decision for the Global Fund Technical Reference Group (TERG) to be allocated $22 million to implement the Prospective Country Evaluations (PCEs) for a three-year period , as part of its mandate to provide comprehensive assessment of the implementation and the impact of the Global Fund Strategy 2017-22 “Investing to End Epidemics”. In 2021, IOD PARC completed an...
Country Health Situation Room Evaluation
Client:UNAIDS
Location: Kenya Malawi Uganda Zimbabwe Côte d’Ivoire Lesotho Mozambique Namibia Zambia
Date:2020
The Health Situation Room is a digital platform that visually displays HIV and health related data with the aim of supporting decision-making at programming level in countries. IOD PARC in partnership with IMC Worldwide conducted an evaluation for UNAID’s organizational learning and accountability through an assessment of the Health Situation Room’s relevance, effectiveness and sustainability.
Effective Partnership Review and Action Plan
Client:GPE
Location: Global
Date:2018
Supporting the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Secretariat to review effectiveness of GPE partnerships at national and global levels, and to design and test partnership assessment tools.
Development of an Integrated Results Management Framework
Client:Green Climate Fund
Location: Global
Date:2019 - 2020
IOD PARC are supporting the strengthening and streamlining of the Green Climate Fund’s global results architecture.
Proof of Concept study of the Commercial Pocket Approach to building the resilience of farmers in Nepal
Client:KPMG
Location: Nepal
Date:2019
Building the knowledge base for a Nepal programme under DFID’s global ‘Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters’ (BRACED) programme, which supports Nepali farmers in the use of climate smart technologies and the enabling environment for year-round trade.
Annual Assessment of Results for the New Zealand Aid Programme in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Client:New Zealand - Foreign Affairs & Trade
Location: New Zealand
Date:2015 - 2019
Meta-evaluation of the robustness of MFAT’s internal activity monitoring and completion reports.
Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Service (EQuALS)
Client:Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Location: Global
Date:2016 - 2025
A service that can be accessed for all evaluations of overseas development assistance expenditure across UK government departments.
Covid-19 in Gaza: Community Practices in Refugee Camps
Client:ELRHA and DFID
Location: Palestine
Date:2020
Currently participating in a rapid research project led by Bath University with the European University Institute in Florence that seeks to better understand public health messaging on Covid-19 in Gaza refugee camps.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Unit – DFID Nepal Resilience Portfolio
Client:DFID
Location: Nepal
Date:2017 - 2023
Leading a consortium to run DFID Nepal’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit across their Climate Smart Development for Nepal and Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Nepal portfolios.
Capacity assessment tool for UNICEF’s WASH emergency preparedness and response, and documentation of best practices.
Client:UNICEF
Location: Philippines East Asia Pacific Region
Date:2018
Supporting UNICEF’s WASH emergency preparedness and response capacity in the East Asia and Pacific Regions
Joint Evaluation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
Client:Multi-donor Group supported by an Evaluation Secretariat
Location: Global
Date:2009 - 2011
The global Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is a joint international statement and partnership commitment to improve the quality of aid and its impact on development.
Targeted Country Assistance (TCA) Country Assessments
Client:GAVI Alliance
Location: Myanmar Nigeria Democratic Republic of Congo Papua New Guinea Zambia Ethiopia
Date:2018 - 2019
Country Assessments and Meta Review examining the TCA component of GAVI’s Partnership Engagement Framework.
Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of the Development and Business Delivery Model of the African Development Bank
Client:African Development Bank
Location: Africa
Date:2018 - 2019
Supporting the African Development Bank’s reform programme designed to improve its operational efficacy in pursuit of its top five internal priorities.
MOPAN Learning – Partnership Case Study: FAO, IFAD and WFP
Client:MOPAN
Location: Madagascar Bangladesh Jordan Egypt
Date:2018
IOD PARC worked with the MOPAN Secretariat to develop a case study about the concept of partnership in development, focused on the three Rome-based UN Agencies: FAO, IFAD and WFP
Measuring European Investment Bank Results – Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment
Client:European Investment Bank
Location: Luxembourg
Date:2018 - 2019
Support for a tailored and flexible approach to measuring gender specific results.
Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation – Barbados
Client:Caribbean Development Bank
Location: Barbados
Date:2019 - 2020
Assessing the Bank’s overall support to its Borrowing Member considering strategy, policy dialogue, projects and technical assistance.
